Another Wopping Web 2.0 Resource Site

Picture of the Wiki PageMarlene Woo-Lun just forwarded to me a post from LM-Net (about 9 million librarians online), apparently posted by Donna (taglines) Baumbach, of University of Central Florida. ((Baumbach, Donna. “Web 2.0 Tools – Need Your Input.” E-mail to LM_NET Mailing List.25 Apr 2008.)) The message is thanking more than 600 LM-Net members (school librarians) who contributed information for a giant wiki site on Web 2.0 tools — Web Tools 4 U 2 Use.  This is possibly the largest and best organized new-web resources site I’ve seen, and I’ve del.icio.us’ed it already.

The headings include:

  • Audio & Podcasting
  • Blogs
  • Calendars, Task Management, & ToDo Lists
  • Drawing
  • Photo & Photo Sharing
  • Portal & WebPage starting tools
  • Presentaiton Tools
  • Quiz & Polling tools
  • RSS & Aggregators
  • Social Bookmarking
  • Social Networks, and others.

This amazing resource site was created for the Florida Library Media Supervisors’ Conference (couldn’t find URL) in May 2008.  I hope that it continues to be available to us.

Thanks Donna!

6 thoughts on “Another Wopping Web 2.0 Resource Site”

  1. Thanks, David..and Marlene, too. I call this my first “retired but not dead yet” project. The survey revealed some use of Web 2.0 tools–promising, I think, but we are not there yet. I’m hoping results will be different in two or three years!

    As for the wiki, I wanted something specifically for school library media specialists to share information about new web tools and how they are using them in their library media programs with teachers and students.

    I prepared a handout for the Florida Media Supervisors conference in May so they will know about the wiki and maybe use it in summer training (if $$ allow for any of that this year) or maybe begin to get the word out in the districts. Dr. Judy Lee and I are really going to present it at the FAME conference in the fall (September 24-26): http://floridamedia.org/

    Meanwhile, I’m hoping people will share real LMC examples of how they are using the tools, add tools, tutorials and references where appropriate. There have been dozens of edits already…and that’s GREAT!

    My survey showed a great need for professional development, and the web is a great place to start! I’ve included links to some tutorials and more information about each tool. The saddest comment was from a LMS who said they are not allowed to use blogs or wikis (or most other things, I’m guessing) in his/her district until they are “trained”–and she’s been signed up and waiting for training for two years!!

    Thanks again for the kind words…! The wiki usage meter spiked off the charts after your post hit the web!

    –donna

  2. Cool idea to make the “new” tools available and easy to access. I hope someone can find the URL so that I can add it to my iGoogle page. As always, thanks for the great information.

  3. Thanks for this resource. I have already found the answer to several questions I had about making podcasts. And I can’t wait to learn how to use some other tools!

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